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Eight (8) late 18th/mid 19th century herbal related books. 1st item: Culpeper's English Family Physician: Or, Medical Herbal Enlarged, Vol. II, by Joshua Hamilton, M.D., 1792. Printed for W. Locke, London. Octavo, 378 pages including indexes and explanations, 84 copper plate engravings with hand-coloring, old rebinding in three-quarter brown leather with brown cloth covers and gilt lettering to spine with five raised hubs, marbled end papers, marbled page edges, ink inscription from previous owner, top of title page. 8 1/2" H x 6" W x 2 1/8" D. 2nd item: The Family Herbal, Or an Account of All Those English Plants by Sir John Hill, M.D., 1812. Printed and published by C. Brightly and Co., published also by T. Kinnersley, Bungay. Octavo, 376 pages including appendix, 45 copper plate engravings with hand-coloring, old rebinding in three-quarter brown leather with marbled-paper covers and gilt lettering to spine. 8 1/2" H x 5 1/2" W x 1 3/4" D. 3rd item: The Magazine of Botany & Gardening, British & Foreign, Vol. I, edited by James Rennie, M.A., 1833. Published by G. Henderson, London. Octavo, 144 page with index, engraved title page and 19 copper plate engravings with hand-coloring, hardbound in tooled three-quarter brown leather with gilt trim and green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and four raised hubs. 10 1/8" H x 8 1/8" W x 7/8" D. 4th-5th items: The Complete Herbal; to Which is Now Added, Upward of One Hundred Additional Herbs, New Edition, by Nicholas Culpeper, M.D., 1835 & 1842. Published by Thomas Kelly, London. Octavo, 398 pages with index, engraved frontispiece with 20 copper plate engravings with hand-coloring, 1835 – old rebinding in tooled brown suede with gilt lettering to spine and five raised hubs, ink inscription from previous owner dated 1839, front end paper, marbled end papers, green edged paper to bottom, 1842 – rebound in three-quarter black leather with marbled-paper covers and gilt lettering to spine with four raised hubs, ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover. Books range in size from 10 3/8" H x 8 7/8" W x 1 5/8" D to 10 3/4" H x 9" W x 1 1/2" D. 6th item: Flora's Dictionary by Mrs. E. W. Wirt, 1855. Published by the Lucas Brothers, Baltimore. Octavo, 96 pages including index, chromolithographic frontispiece with illustrations, hardbound in tooled red cloth with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to spine, gilt edged paper, black library stamp, title page, white library accession numbers, to spine. 11 1/2" H x 9 3/8" W x 1" D. 7th-8th items: Les Fleurs Animees par J.J. Grandville, New Edition, Vol. I & II, introduction by Alphonse Karr, text by Taxile Delord, 1867. Published by the Garnier Freres, Paris. Octavo, Vol. I – 339 pages with tables, engraved frontispiece with 28 steel engraved illustrations with tissue paper guards, Vol II – 324 pages with tables, engraved frontispiece with 23 steel engraved illustrations with tissue paper guards, 22 with hand coloring, hardbound with dark green half binding and dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine and four raised hubs, marbled end papers. 11" H x 7 1/2" W x 1 1/2" D. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition with shelf wear, scuffs, scratches, areas of loss, largest 8 1/2", to covers, cracks, wear to spine, corners bumped. Back cover separated from spine. Areas of foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/toning impressions, to majority of pages including illustrations. 84 copper plate engravings present. Plate 30 rebound upside down, 7/8" x 1/8" piece of white archival tape to plate opposite page 148. Ink inscription from previous owner, top of title page. 2nd item: Overall good condition with shelf wear, scuffs, scratches, areas of loss, largest 8 1/2", to covers, cracks, wear to spine, corners bumped. Areas of foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/toning impressions, to majority of pages including illustrations. 45 copper plates engravings present with Plates 16-19, 23 and four other plates not present (rebinding of pages obscures plate numbers on many of the later plates). 3rd item: Overall good condition with shelf wear, scuffs, scratches, areas of loss, largest 10 1/8", to covers, cracks, wear to spine, corners bumped. Areas of foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/toning impressions, tears, to majority of pages including illustrations. Engraved title page and 19 copper plate engravings present. 4th-5th item: Overall good condition with shelf wear, scuffs, scratches, to covers, wear to spine, corners bumped. Areas of foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/toning impressions, tears, largest 2 1/4" to 9th engraving, to majority of pages including illustrations. Engraved frontispiece with 20 copper plate engravings present. 1835 – Areas of old scotch tape repair, largest 5" x 2", to front end paper with ink inscription from previous owner dated 1839. Suede cover with shedding. 1842 – Ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover. 6th item: Overall good condition with with shelf wear, scuffs, scratches, to covers, cracks, largest 4 1/5" areas of loss, largest 1" x 1", to spine, corners bumped. Areas of foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/toning impressions, tears, to majority of pages including illustrations. Frontispiece and title page almost separated from binding. Black library stamp, title page, white library accession numbers, to spine. 7th-8th items: Overall good condition with shelf wear, scuffs, scratches, areas of loss, largest 11", to covers, wear, to spine, corners bumped. Areas of foxing spots, dampstaining, toning/toning impressions, tears, to majority of pages including illustrations and tissue paper guards. Vol. I – Engraved frontispiece with 28 steel engraved illustrations with tissue paper guards collated. Vol. II – Engraved frontispiece with 23 steel engraved illustrations with tissue paper guards, 22 with hand coloring collated.